They are equipped with electric motors with a total power of 5000 kW and have been used in both passenger and freight trains on the Greek railways since 1999. It was the first and is currently the only class of fully electric locomotives of the Hellenic Railway Network and the main locomotives used between Athens and Thessaloniki. There are two other types of electric trains in the National Rail Network of Greece, the Siemens Desiro EMU (460 series) and the ΕΤR 470 (in service since 2022).
^"Η πρώτη ηλεκτράμαξα των σιδηροδρόμων μας" [The first electric train of our railways]. Σιδηροτροχιά (Siderotrochia) (in Greek) (15). Σύλλογος Φίλων Σιδηροδρόμων (Σ.Φ.Σ.) (Railway Friends Club): 13. July 1997.
